Thanks a lot Groff, I will try it today evining.
//sudheendra 2009/9/15 Groff <[email protected]> > > Hi Sudheendra, > > I also have a broadcom wifi card in my laptop. I feel your pain. > > Getting the drivers for these cards is the trick. With mine, 4318, I > had to install 'b43-fwcutter' to download firmware and install it. > > With yours, 4312, it is a bit different apparently. You need to > install the proprietary driver called 'wl'. Along the way, you may > have to build and load a kernel module to run the driver. > (I am getting this from a Debian wiki at http://wiki.debian.org/wl) > > Ubuntu may be different. According to one person (http:// > forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=44298), the 'wl' driver is in > the Ubuntu non-free or restricted repository. > > Good Luck, > Please let me know how it goes. > Geoff > > On Sep 12, 1:25 pm, [email protected] wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I have installed ubuntu jaunty on my lenovo G550. I am not able to > connect > > to wifi router. > > > > lspci | grep Network gives the following output, > > 04:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev > 01) > > > > Please help me with wifi access. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Sudheendra > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
